> there is a protestant ethic that says God reward his believers with success in life so protestants would then work hard or try to be successful as a way to se

> there is a protestant ethic that says God reward his believers with success in life so protestants would then work hard or try to be successful as a way to seek confirmation from the community that they are good standing believers. As the story goes, protestants changed their religion (or better yet created a new one) to fit their peculiar cultural trats, not the other way around.